ANGLERS' PARADISE
SALMON FOR WANGAMJI RIVER. MOST SUITABLE IN DOMINION. (By Telegraph. Press Association.) TAUMARUNUI, This Day. Mr L. F. Ayson, chief inspector of Fisheries, is at present visiting the Kakahi hatchery, near Taumarunui, for the purpose of liberating half a million Atlantic salmon fry which have been successfully hatched by Mr H. Bebbington, who is in charge at Kakahi.| These fry will be liberated in the Whangapapa, Kakahi, Waimarino, Punga Punga and other streams, which flow into the Wanganui. Already Mr Bebbington has liberated two hundred thousand. The liberation of the remainder may be held up for a few days on account of the state of the rivers, which are swollen by the recent rains. The Wanganui river is the first in the North Island to be stocked with Atlantic salmon, and Mr Ayson expresses the opinion that it is the most suitable in the Dominion. He considers it an anglers' paradise, and he predicts that once the river is stocked there will be no end of tourists ot the district from all parts of the Dominion and Australia. Mr Ayson believes in intensive stocking and intends to concentrate on the Wanganui river for the next eight years. He hopes to liberate over half a million fry annually.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1416, 16 October 1923, Page 5
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